China Eastern launches new route from Hefei via Ürümqi to Hotan

China Eastern on 13 July launched a new domestic route from Hefei (HFE) in eastern China via Ürümqi (URC) in the northwest to Hotan (HTN) in the south of the same region, close to Tibet. Flights operate twice-weekly with 158-seat A320 aircraft. The last, intra-regional sector is operated in competition with China Southern’s 13 flights a week, Shanghai Airlines’ and Tianjin Airlines’ each daily as well as Air China’s three flights a week.

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